The Faculty joined GWU in 2006. Obtained tenure in 2012. At GWU, the faculty developed projects exploring mechanisms of turnover and toxicity of human pancreatic hormone amylin, which are relevant to etyology of type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Established a concept and methodology in various areas of biological microimaging ranging from atomic force microscopy (AFM) to high resolution optical confocal fluorescence microscopy. My lab was the first to describe the pivotal role of membrane cholesterol in the assembly and clearance of toxic supramolecular amylin species, oligomers and aggregates, in pancreatic cells, which is relevant to occurrence and progression of T2DM. As an investigator on several university- and NIH-funded grants, my lab designed and executed studies that lead to more than dozen peer-reviewed publications and abstracts in the PI's field . The faculty has ongoing collaboration with several faculties at GW such as Profs. O'Halloran, Zderic and Peng. Graduated three PhD students and mentored three postdoctoral scientists and more than dozen undergraduate students (many of which received prestigious GW research awards such as Atkins, OVPR undergraduate award, Luther Rice, Gamow, etc).